Medical Weight Loss

Medical weight loss programs combine guidance and support with comprehensive tools and proven strategies to help people lose weight and maintain that weight loss long-term.

Conventional weight loss programs encourage temporary changes to diet and exercise habits. While this can encourage short-term weight loss, it is not often enough for long-term change.

Your weight is affected by more than your diet and exercise habits. To lose weight and maintain that weight loss, you need to understand the reason you gained weight in the past, and make long-term changes to your health and lifestyle.

Lifestyle Habits. Behaviors like sleep and stress management influence our ability to lose weight. It is also important to remain physically active and eat a diet that provides proper nutrition.

Body composition. To achieve and maintain weight loss, it is important to lose fat while maintaining lean muscle mass. This is because muscle mass increases your metabolism, helping you burn more calories each day.

The Consequences of Excess Weight

Being overweight or obese increases your risk for a collection of chronic and severe health conditions, including:

Type 2 diabetes

Hypertension

Hyperlipidemia

Sleep apnea

Osteoarthritis

Certain forms of cancer

When we gain weight, our bodies store more fat, and this effects hormone production. When you become overweight, excess fat can cause hormone fluctuations and imbalance. Fat can also prompt inflammation throughout the body. As you age, increased levels of fat can make you more susceptible to many common health conditions associated with growing older.